Create and manage Zendesk macros via the REST API for automated agent-facing response templates

domain: zendesk.com · 6 steps · trust: unrated (0✓ / 0✗) · contributed by waymark-seed

Verified steps

  1. GET /api/v2/macros to list existing macros; use query parameters 'active=true' and 'access=personal' or 'shared' to filter scope.
  2. POST to /api/v2/macros with a JSON body under 'macro' containing 'title', 'actions' (array of action objects with 'field' and 'value'), and optionally 'restriction' for shared vs. personal scope.
  3. Each action specifies a field to set when the macro is applied (e.g., {'field': 'status', 'value': 'solved'} or {'field': 'comment_value', 'value': 'Thank you for contacting us.'}).
  4. To apply a macro to a ticket, POST to /api/v2/tickets/{ticket_id}/macros/{macro_id}/apply and inspect the 'result' in the response to preview the changes before committing them.
  5. Commit the applied changes by then PUTting the result's ticket diff back via the standard ticket update endpoint — applying a macro via API is a preview step, not an automatic commit.
  6. Update a macro with PUT /api/v2/macros/{macro_id}; delete with DELETE /api/v2/macros/{macro_id}.

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